Arts
'Beyond the Wall': Tales of persecuted lives at the Berlin Wall
BERLIN An open-air installation is to open along an old section of the Berlin Wall at the weekend, featuring photos of soldiers patrolling the former deadly border, and stories of those persecuted behind it.
Art, or just a bunch of, er, balloons?
LONDON Art is well known for its power to move people, but a new installation in London can move itself - it comprises a series of autonomous floating spheres, that interact with visitors and the space on their own. | Video
Bruce Springsteen Broadway-bound for solo 'words and music' show
Bruce Springsteen is headed to Broadway for an eight-week solo theater run that he says will feature "just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music." | Video
Artist targets Twitter with offline hate tweets
BERLIN A German-Israeli artist who accuses Twitter of failing to delete hate speech tweets has taken matters into his own hands - by stencilling the offending messages on the road in front of the company's Hamburg headquarters.
Michelangelo's unrealized marble dream comes true in Italian quarry
QUERCETA DI SERAVEZZA, Italy In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. | Video
Bubbles in Hong Kong harbor are Japanese artist's thought-stirrer
HONG KONG Millions of bubbles floated across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Wednesday, the latest public art exhibition by Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki. | Video
'Concrete Jungle Book' musical swaps bare necessities for harsh realities
LONDON Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's famous fables, "The Concrete Jungle Book" offers a gritty outlook on life where tigers and forests have been replaced by homeless people and refugees struggling to survive in an urban jungle filled with drugs and knife crime. | Video
Playing with fire: Czech artist creates steel portraits with flame
PRAGUE, Czech Republic Czech artist Ladislav Vlna has swapped his brush for a blowtorch as he 'paints' with fire to create artworks that change according to lighting.
Polish street artists out to revive sleepy Bulgarian village
STARO ZHELEZARE, Bulgaria A group of young Polish artists are bringing a splash of colorful street art to a sleepy village in southern Bulgaria with large outdoor murals, featuring locals alongside some of the world's famous politicians and celebrities.
Hitler exhibition in Berlin bunker asks: How could it happen?
BERLIN More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in the final days of World War Two, an exhibition in the capital examines how he became a Nazi and what turned ordinary Germans into murderers during the Third Reich.
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British author Rowling says Trump has a right to be bigoted
NEW YORK Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling labeled U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump bigoted after receiving the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award in New York. | Video